All Higher education articles – Page 5
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Feature
Massive Open Online Chemistry
Michael Anderson, Jonathan Agger, Stephen Ashworth, Simon Lancaster and Patrick O’Malley explore the trends in teaching chemistry online
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Chemistry: alternative routes to success
David Read and Rachel Koramoah raise awareness of different ways to achieve a degree in chemistry
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Opinion
In defence of textbooks … ?
Kristy Turner explores the utility of a very old education technology
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Opinion
Teaching for transition
It's a new academic year, and in this post, I have a look at some strategies that can help students make the transition from second to third level
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Opinion
Trainee teachers need scholarship
The current government policy on teacher training is flawed, says Keith Taber
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Getting down to business
Including commercial awareness in undergraduate chemistry courses calls for an interactive teaching approach, says Samantha Pugh
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Bringing molecules into the third dimension
Peter Hoare and Susan Henderson discuss the use of crystal structures to help both school students and early years undergraduates visualise molecules in 3D
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Review
Advances in teaching organic chemistry
A variety of ideas that allow learners to develop the confidence and interest to overcome the challenges associated with understanding organic chemistry
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News
Freshers struggle to remember basic A-level concepts
First year students have forgotten basic A-level material by the time they arrive at university
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RSC rewards excellence in chemical education
John Holman, Keith Taber, Mike Cole and Peter Dowding honoured for their contributions
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Mastering the art of online teamwork
Claire McDonnell explores the use of wikis to facilitate group collaboration and assessment
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The big green lab project
Beverley Lucas and her colleagues give us a big green welcome to the Ecoversity of Bradford
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Beyond the presentation: student authored vignettes
Why stop at asking students to give presentations? The technology to empower them to produce versatile and reusable blended learning objects is readily accessible, explains Simon Lancaster
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Forensic students are getting their hands dirty
Practical research projects are vital in the training of the next generation of forensic scientists, explains Matthew Almond
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News
Wolverhampton reopens its doors to chemists
University to offer first pure chemistry degree in over a decade
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Review
Chemistry3
This book introduces the three traditional areas of inorganic, organic and physical chemistry. It is aimed at those in the first year of UK university chemistry courses.